He (President Abraham Lincoln) has a face like a hoosier Michael Angelo, so awful ugly it becomes beautiful, with its strange mouth, its deep-cut, criss-cross lines, and its doughnut complexion

Quote by Walt Whitman

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I exist as I am, that is enough.

I exist as I am, that is enough.

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he...

Camerado, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

Camerado, I give you my hand, I give you my love more precious than money,...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

It [baseball] will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

I celebrate myself, and sing myself.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes.

When I give, I give myself.

When I give, I give myself.

Seeing, hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a...

Seeing, hearing and feeling are miracles, and each part and tag of me is a...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become...

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

Nothing can happen more beautiful than death.

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

I may be as bad as the worst, but, thank God, I am as good...

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

And your very flesh shall be a great poem.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

There is no object so soft but it makes a hub for the wheeled universe.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher.

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this...

If you done it, it ain't bragging.

If you done it, it ain't bragging.